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LMAO all your sources are YouTube videos but you're trying to act like you're making a serious science backed argument!!
"I'm not one of the crazies guys, sure I'm arguing for the same stuff, but I watched the REAL research videos, you have to believe me"
If you had bothered to watch the videos, you'd have noticed that they cite and link the primary source research studies they refer to. The position they take is also rather nuanced - not "fluoride bad" but "There is not insignificant but not overwhelming evidence that fluoride intake should be reduced during pregnancy"
Hi! I'm a scientist. A microbiologist, even. If I watched the video evidence every Internet person threw at me, I'd likely still be catching up to a backlog from my twenties. It's time consuming and, more often than not, completely full of insane conspiracy theories.
If there's even any primary research referenced, then you have to vet that to determine if the video makers even interpreted it correctly. If they haven't, that's an entire extra step where you argue with the person providing the video about how the research was misrepresented or misunderstood.
So GTFO of here with "if you had bothered to watch the videos". It's "if the OP had bothered to link the actual research".
We're not going to do the work of substantiating someone's point for them.
Big ooof. You're awfully cocky for someone who doesn't know how to vet their sources. You know anyone can get a .org domain, right? And that anyone can start a non-profit? I could start the non-profit Cat Food for Health (catfoodfacts.org) that promotes a CFBD (cat food based diet) for humans in no time.
If you're going to throw around "changing science" claims, come back when you have peer reviewed journal articles. Internet videos have long been the gold standard evidence stating "I'm completely insane" so it's not a good look, even if they might contain any valid information.
Edit: I have purchased catfoodfacts.org, CFBD website forthcoming.
I'm awaiting cat food based diet recommendations.
It'll take a bit, work gets in the way of everything. It may be mostly MS Paint based which I know boosts credibility to at least 10x that of a YouTube video.
Your response is primarily surprisingly boring, childish insults... and you're asking if I'm the stable person? I get that you need to deflect from the fact you don't have any response beyond "nuh uh!" but maybe put a little effort into it next time. At least make it interesting.
When you're so fragile that the slightest constructive criticism makes you throw a little tantrum, maybe arguing on social media isn't the best fit for you.
NutritionFacts should not be regarded as a reliable source.
Lololol you actually linked YouTube videos